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Polar Clock. Understanding /proc Linux article. When it comes down to it, /proc is a filesystem.

Understanding /proc Linux article

Although it does not represent any physical device, you can still mount it and unmount it as you please. It contains a multitude of valuable information regarding the processes you are running, as well as the hardware you have hooked up to your computer (although in recent years, /sys has been devised by the Kernel folks to represent the hardware hierarchy and export device information ). You can see which modules you have loaded, how long your system has been up, and the memory usage of processes on your system. In fact, every single process running has an entry, or directory, inside /proc. As you can see, /proc can be a very powerful asset. Note: Many of the examples in this guide require root access to work correctly.

{mospagebreak title=Mounting /proc} As mentioned earlier, /proc is a filesystem. Most systems have /proc mounted by default in /etc/fstab, but just in case, make sure that it's mounted by doing: $ mount. SimpleRip: Ripping/Encoding DVDs to Xvid with Mencoder. This page generates the necessary commands to encode a movie directly from a DVD title to an Xvid file using MEncoder without the need for other applications or helper scripts.

SimpleRip: Ripping/Encoding DVDs to Xvid with Mencoder

(mencoder commands will magically appear here) Options Source file This is the input file to read. This will typically be where 1 is the DVD title to rip. Output file This is the .AVI file that results when the encoding is complete. Video Capture. A Whirlwind Tutorial on Creating Really Teensy ELF Executables for Linux. (or, "Size Is Everything") She studied it carefully for about 15 minutes.

A Whirlwind Tutorial on Creating Really Teensy ELF Executables for Linux

Finally, she spoke. "There's something written on here," she said, frowning, "but it's really teensy. " [Dave Barry, "The Columnist's Caper"] If you're a programmer who's become fed up with software bloat, then may you find herein the perfect antidote. This document explores methods for squeezing excess bytes out of simple programs. Please note that the information and examples given here are, for the most part, specific to ELF executables on a Linux platform running under an Intel-386 architecture. Please also note that if you aren't a little bit familiar with assembly code, you may find parts of this document sort of hard to follow. In order to start, we need a program. Let's take an incredibly simple program, one that does nothing but return a number back to the operating system.

So, here is our first version: /* tiny.c */ int main(void) { return 42; } which we can compile and test like so: $ gcc -Wall tiny.c $ . So. Top 10 Free Video Editors for Ubuntu Linux. ELC: How much memory are applications really using? [Posted April 18, 2007 by corbet] Anybody who has tried to figure out why a Linux system is running short of memory can attest that the memory usage information made available by the kernel is, at best, difficult to use.

ELC: How much memory are applications really using?

Matt Mackall has recently been working on a set of patches aimed at improving this situation. Given the constraints imposed by embedded Linux systems, it is not surprising that Matt chose the Embedded Linux Conference to present his work (which, incidentally, was funded by the Consumer Electronics Linux Forum). Matt pointed out that the currently-available information is confusing at best. The page cache muddies the situation, and the sharing of pages between applications complicates things even more. The problem is that the numbers exported by the current kernels are nearly meaningless. Debugging Tools for Windows - Free software downloads and reviews ...

Direct Folders - quick access to your favorite folders. Code Sector Web blog.codesector.com Official blog with product news, updates and events droidsector.com Android devices database: wiki, specs, reviews, links soundmaven.com Music aggregator of the latest news, videos, photos, bios, reviews and more Direct Folders guarantees you quick and direct access to your favorite and recent folders.

Direct Folders - quick access to your favorite folders

Now you can jump to any deeply nested folder in just a single mouse click! It also automatically resizes every standard file dialog, so you can see a larger number of files. You will be able to find what you are looking for with a lot less scrolling. One of the many useful features of Direct Folders is its ability to automatically switch the folder view of open dialogs to thumbnails, list or details depending on the application you are working with. Synergy. Remember Mismatched Domains. Wink screencast software. Here is a sample Flash tutorial created by Wink.

Wink screencast software

Click the green arrow button to start viewing it. --------> This is a good example of how you can create tutorials in Wink, by capturing screenshots, mouse movements and specifying your own explanations with them. And all this in a standard Windows-based UI with drag-and-drop editing makes it very easy to create high quality tutorials/documentation. It is estimated that Macromedia Flash Player is installed in more than 90% of the PCs. Do you develop mobile apps or want to create tutorials about using mobile apps and websites?